Russia's prison service says that imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died (apnews.com)
Cocaine City? Gang wars on the rise as drug dealers fight for territory in EU capital Brussels (apnews.com)
It's time for Northeast to prep for floods like those that hit this winter. Climate change is why (apnews.com)
After back-to-back storms lashed the Northeast in January, rental properties Haim Levy owns in coastal Hampton, New Hampshire, were hammered by nearly two feet of water, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and causing him to evacuate tenants to safer ground....
Bayer fights string of Roundup trial losses including $2.25B verdict in Philadelphia (apnews.com)
When a Philadelphia jury awarded $2.25 billion in damages this year in a case that linked Roundup to a cable technician’s blood cancer, the verdict became the largest yet in the long-running litigation over the popular Monsanto weed killer....
Erratic weather fueled by climate change will worsen locust outbreaks, study finds (apnews.com)
Extreme wind and rain may lead to bigger and worse desert locust outbreaks, with human-caused climate change likely to intensify the weather patterns and cause higher outbreak risks, a new study has found....
Dutch appeals court orders Netherlands to stop exports of F-35 parts to Israel, citing war in Gaza (apnews.com)
Cambodia reports a new bird flu case, the brother of a 9-year-old who died of the virus (apnews.com)
The brother of a boy who died last week from bird flu has tested positive for the virus, Cambodia’s Health Ministry said Monday....
Rio's Carnival parade makes urgent plea to stop illegal mining in Indigenous lands (apnews.com)
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is under pressure to deliver on promises to eradicate illegal mining, particularly amid a recent backslide in efforts. Sunday’s parade comes as Brazil celebrates one year since Lula declared a public health emergency for the Yanomami people in the Amazon, who are suffering from malnutrition...
Kansas' AG is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law (apnews.com)
Torturing children to score political points. Rot in hell.
Indonesian presidential vote highlights tradeoffs between fast growth and a healthy environment (apnews.com)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A presidential election in Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, is highlighting choices to be made as the country seeks to profit from its rich reserves of nickel and other resources that are vital to the global transition away from fossil fuels....
Sweden has thwarted Iranian attack plots, counterintelligence police say (apnews.com)
Heavy snow hits Tokyo area, halting trains and grounding more than 100 flights (apnews.com)
Heavy snow hit the Tokyo area on Monday, disrupting trains and grounding more than 100 flights, with transport officials cautioning drivers to avoid nonessential travel....
At least 46 reported dead in Chile as forest fires move into densely populated central areas (apnews.com)
VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have caused at least 46 deaths, Chile’s pesident said Saturday evening, and officials said at least 1,100 homes had been destroyed....
Small Texas border city lands unsolicited spotlight in state-federal showdown over border security (apnews.com)
As a ceremony with the blaring horns of mariachi musicians and rhythmic click-clack of horse hooves was about to begin, Mayor Rolando Salinas took a moment to reflect that his Texas border city is “more than just the immigration crisis that you see in the media.”...
Out of options, Rohingya are fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh by boat despite soaring death toll (apnews.com)
Cyprus-led sting operation busts illegal European immigration ring that arranged sham marriages (apnews.com)
Cyprus officials said Wednesday they led a Europol-organized sting operation that dismantled an international criminal ring facilitating illegal immigration and residency in European Union countries using dozens of sham marriages on the east Mediterranean island nation.
Hungry sea otters are helping save California's marshlands from erosion (apnews.com)
The return of sea otters and their voracious appetites has helped rescue a section of California marshland, a new study shows....
Western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, researchers say (apnews.com)
The number of western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, likely due to how wet it was, researchers said Tuesday....
US Steel agrees to $42M in improvements and fines over air pollution violations after 2018 fire (apnews.com)
U.S. Steel has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Pittsburgh-based company of violating federal clean air laws by operating plants without its desulfurization controls for more than three months, emitting clouds of sulfurous gas into surrounding towns....
Massachusetts man arrested for allegedly threatening Jewish community members and to bomb synagogues (apnews.com)
A Massachusetts man was arrested Monday for allegedly threatening to kill members of the state’s Jewish community and a bomb local synagogues, the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston said....
Iraq and US begin formal talks to end coalition mission formed to fight the Islamic State group (apnews.com)
The United States and Iraq held a first session of formal talks Saturday in Baghdad aimed at winding down the mission of a U.S.-led military coalition formed to fight the Islamic State group in Iraq....
Danish report underscores 'systematic illegal behavior' in adoptions of children from South Korea (apnews.com)
A Danish report on Thursday said that adoptions of children from South Korea to Denmark in the 1970s and 1980s was “characterized by systematic illegal behavior” in the Asian country....
Nepal asks Russia to send back Nepalis recruited to fight in Ukraine and the bodies of those killed - Beehaw (apnews.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11328480...
7.1 magnitude quake rattles western China, killing at least 3 people and collapsing 47 homes (apnews.com)
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a sparsely populated part of China’s western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, killing three people and causing extensive damage in freezing cold weather, officials said. It was the latest in a series of temblors and natural disasters to hit the country’s west....
California State University faculty launch weeklong strike across 23 campuses (apnews.com)
Nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches, and other workers at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., walked off the job Monday in a weeklong strike to demand higher wages....
